Michigan State University Libraries
Special Collections Division
Reading Room Index to the Comic Art Collection
"Our Boarding House" (1956) to "Our Dumb Blonde"
Back to the O index
screen
Back to the A to
Z index screen
Back up the list
----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Feb. 6, 1956) "The Old Gent is Younger than the Major" (Our Boarding House, Feb. 7, 1956) -- Summary: Hannibal Hoople has seen his son's picture in the newspaper, and is coming to visit and help Amos lose weight. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "fathers" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 1, 1956) "Did Anybody Leave a Package of Cheese on the Radiator" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 1, 1956) -- Summary: Martha announces to the other boarders that Prescott Pike has checked in. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.144 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 2, 1956) "Just Renewing an Old Friendship" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 2, 1956) -- Summary: Pike the television comedian makes a joke about Amos being overweight, and Amos says Pike is the reason TV sets aren't selling. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.144 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 3, 1956) "Let's Call This Bout a Draw" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 3, 1956) -- Summary: Over the fence, Pike tells Baxter the museums are looking for him as an example of a fossil, and Baxter says Pike's jokes come from the dinosaur egg section. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.145 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 5, 1956) "Want Us to Hold Some of That For You?" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 5, 1956) -- Summary: Amos sees Pike paying for his room and board, and is impressed by the amount of cash in Pike's wallet. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.145 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 6, 1956) "How About Tonight?" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 6, 1956) -- Summary: The Major invites Pike to the Owls Club for a poker game. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.145 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 7, 1956) "He's Lonely and He's Loaded and Wants to Learn Poker" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 7, 1956) -- Summary: The boarders chide Amos for his planning to take advantage of Pike at the Owls Club poker game. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.145 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 8, 1956) "And Sometimes for Cuff Links and Gold Inlays" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 8, 1956) -- Summary: Pike wants to know how high the stakes are at the Owls Club poker games, and Amos says they play "more for pure sport and fraternal feeling than mere pelf!" -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.146 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 9, 1956) "Just a Beginner" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 9, 1956) -- Summary: At the Owls Club, Pike asks somebody else to shuffle the cards because he doesn't know how. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.146 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 10, 1956) "Joker Wild" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 10, 1956) -- Summary: Pike is winning at poker. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.146 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 12, 1956) "Just Beginner's Luck?" (Our Boarding House, Nov. 12, 1956) -- Summary: Amos worries that the Owls Club will think he brought them a card shark; Pike says he won $13.65 and if he's a card shark he works cheap. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.146 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 13, 1956) "Also Nincompoops" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 13, 1956) -- Summary: The boarders tease Amos about Pike's having cleaned out the Owls Club at poker. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.147 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 14, 1956) "You Can Always Crawl Under the Rug" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 14, 1956) -- Summary: Amos and the boarders complain about their blankets being thin, because the rest of them are at the cleaners. Martha says if they plan to freeze to death tonight they better pay their back rent now. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.147 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 15, 1956) "He'll Be in Bed Tomorrow" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 15, 1956) -- Summary: The Major is working out in the basement, and the boarders assume he's working up an appetite for Thanksgiving. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.147 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 16, 1956) "Are You Listening, Tony?" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 16, 1956) -- Summary: Tony is massaging Amos's scalp vigorously and Amos compares him to Frank Gotch, saying he's not one of his "crew-cut clientele." Meanwhile Tony is arguing about a bet on a horse race. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.147 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 17, 1956) "Keep It? What Else Can He Do With It?" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 17, 1956) -- Summary: Tony the barber has given Amos a crew cut by mistake, and when Amos promises lawyers Tony says all they'll get is a haircut. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.148 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 19, 1956) "Blame It On The Horses" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 19, 1956) -- Summary: Amos comes home with a crew cut, saying the barber was distracted by wagering, and Martha wonders how the bristles stand up in "all that lard." -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.148 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 20, 1956) "Maybe He Ought to Go Back to School" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 20, 1956) -- Summary: The crew cut makes Amos feel younger. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.148 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 21, 1956) "He's Been Surveying It from All Angles" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 21, 1956) -- Summary: The boarders poke fun at the Major's crew cut, and he puts it down to envy. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.148 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 22, 1956) "Baxter Has Only a Fringe, Like a Surrey" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 22, 1956) -- Summary: Baxter pokes fun at Hoople's crew cut, and Hoople remarks on how Baxter never goes hatless. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.149 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 23, 1956) "They're Old School, Plastered Hair Models" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 23, 1956) -- Summary: Around the pool table, Amos is teased about his crew cut with suggestions that he looks like a prisoner or a sophomore. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.149 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 24, 1956) "He Doesn't Mind Being Told He Looks Younger" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 24, 1956) -- Summary: Leander likes Uncle Bulgy's new haircut. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.149 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 26, 1956) "It Doesn't Look Like Malnutrition" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 26, 1956) -- Summary: Hoople feels tired and is worried about it; Mack suggests he eats too much and Buster suggests he drinks too much. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.149 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 27, 1956) "Go Stick Your Head in the Oven" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 27, 1956) -- Summary: The Major reads "Gypsy Gert's Medical Book" in which she uses the example of Samson to connect short hair with lack of vigor, and recommends keeping the head warm. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.150 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 28, 1956) "Perspiration is Healthy Too" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 28, 1956) -- Summary: Amos is wearing a coonskin cap to promote hair growth. Buster wants to know if he's planning to move to a possum colony, and Mack speculates about Daniel Boone. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.150 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 29, 1956) "On Your Mark! She's Armed" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 29, 1956) -- Summary: Amos is wearing a turban to generate heat, and Martha suggests another system: household chores. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.150 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 30, 1956) "The Coonskin Cap Wouldn't Help Either" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Nov. 30, 1956) -- Summary Leander has booked Uncle Bulgy for a speech on juvenile delinquency at the PTA, and Amos worries about his crew cut detracting from his dignity. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.150 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 1, 1956) "Yes, It Does Add Something" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 1, 1956) -- Summary: Amos's father left a toupee behind, and Amos decides to wear it when he addresses the PTA, to hide his crew cut. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.151 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 2, 1956) "What If Junior Kicks the Slats Out of His Crib?" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 2, 1956) -- Summary: Major Hoople rehearses his speech about juvenile delinquency, mentioning Henry James, Plutarch, Greek poets, Pasteur, Lincoln and John L. Sullivan. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.151 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 4, 1956) "Escort for the Orator" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 4, 1956) -- Summary: On the way to the PTA meeting, Leander worries about the Major's propensity to use words that are too big, and Martha hopes he quits before the audience starts to snore. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.151 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 5, 1956) "He's a Hot-Headed Orator" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 5, 1956) -- Summary: The Major is sweating and addressing the PTA meeting about juvenile delinquency, while his wig "itches infernally." -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.151 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 6, 1956) "If Only Somebody Would Holler Fire" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 6, 1956) -- Summary: Amos is addressing the PTA about the juvenile problem, and his wig is falling down over his face. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.152 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 7, 1956) "Everybody's Very Happy Anyway" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 7, 1956) -- Summary: Amos's wig fell off and he apologizes, but the teacher liked his talk on the juvenile problem, and the principal appreciated getting Mark Antony and slapstick at the same time. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.152 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 8, 1956) "And It Was a Surprise, Too" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 8, 1956) -- Summary: The nephews enjoyed Uncle Amos's PTA presentation... "like the Gettysburg Address and Bugs Bunny both for free." -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.152 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 10, 1956) "You Forgot to Add Kyuk-Kyuk, Major" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 10, 1956) -- Summary: Pike makes fun of Amos because his wig fell off at the PTA meeting, and Amos invites him to play a monkey at the next meeting. Amos is painting a still life (fruit) and eating the fruit. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.152 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 11, 1956) "No Takers" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 11, 1956) -- Summary: The Major is fencing with a dress form in the attic, and asks the boarders to fence with him for practice. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.153 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 12, 1956) "Yes, Women Have Been Smart a Long Time" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 12, 1956) -- Summary: Martha has borrowed money from Amos's pants pocket while he slept, and has to explain why cave women sewed pockets on their men's tiger skins. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.153 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 13, 1956) "Stupid Audience" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 13, 1956) -- Summary: Some of Major Hoople's ideas for inventions are under derisive attack: counterfeit money in banks to foil robbers, and rubber picture frames to fit all pictures. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.153 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 14, 1956) "A Good Night to Go Out to a Movie" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 14, 1956) -- Summary: Ace Brannigan and Sparrow Felch are at the door, having been invited to a fish fry, and it's a surprise for Martha, but she lets them in. Amos isn't home. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.153 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 15, 1956) "Which is Worse, the Reward or the Busted Spring" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 15, 1956) -- Summary: Buster came home last night and found two of Amos's friends (Sparrow and Ace) in his bed; as a reward for sleeping on the couch Buster is offered breakfast in bed. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.154 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 17, 1956) "Or Was It a Tool Chest?" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 17, 1956) -- Summary: Hoople and Baxter trade insults over the back fence, about the Owls Club and an egg-beater that Mrs. Baxter got for Christmas once. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.154 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 18, 1956) "He's On the Make" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 18, 1956) -- Summary: Amos is selling chances on a "huge gaily wrapped box of Yule goodies" for the Owls Club. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.154 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 19, 1956) "Or a Year's Supply of Bobby Pins" (Our Boarding House, Dec. 19, 1956) -- Summary: Amos is Christmas shopping in the dime store, checking out the propeller beanies. Martha spots him and expects a nutmeg grater in her stocking. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.154 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 20, 1956) "Nothing Like a Little Buildup" (Our Boarding House, Dec. 20, 1956) -- Summary: The Major has been Christmas shopping, and Mack wonders if they're getting diamonds. Buster remembers getting fortunetelling cards that correctly predicted appendicitis. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.155 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 21, 1956) "He De-hibernates at Christmas" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 21, 1956) -- Summary: Major Hoople is hanging mistletoe. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.155 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 22, 1956) "Mustard Mixes Up the Muse" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 22, 1956) -- Summary: Alvin's violin lesson with Prof. Frantz isn't going well, because Uncle Amos spilled mustard on the music. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.155 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 24, 1956) "The Foreman is in Fine Form" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 24, 1956. -- Summary: The Major supervises the boarders as they trim the Christmas tree, in the midst of a story about a lighthouse on the Bering Sea. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.155 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 25, 1956) "The Day Brings Surprises" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 25, 1956) -- Summary: Presents are opened: a necktie, a shirt, gloves and a blouse. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.156 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 26, 1956) "Genius at Work" (Our Boarding House, Dec. 26, 1956) -- Summary: Baxter scoffs to see a 'hippo pushing a little vacuum cleaner at a pile of snow,' but Hoople says it's working. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "snow blowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 27, 1956) "Exercising the Veto" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 27, 1956) -- Summary: At the pool table, Hoople proposes a cultural fiesta for New Year's Eve, instead of the usual monkeyshines. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.156 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 28, 1956) "Then You Won't Mind This Little Blizzard" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 28, 1956) -- Summary: The Major talks about swimming in Hudson Bay with pneumonia to rescue Eskimo fishermen. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.156 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 29, 1956) "This Fellow's Got Everything" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 29, 1956) -- Summary: Major Hoople evaluates the past year and can think of no shortcomings; he's ready to greet 1957 with "the bold brave smile of the Three Musketeers." -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.157 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 31, 1956) "A Cigar Maybe and a Little Singing" (Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, Dec. 31, 1956) -- Summary: Last year Amos came home New Year's morning on an ironing board, and the year before in a wheelbarrow. The boarders wonder what to expect this year. -- Call no.: PN6728.O8F6 1934 v.13p.157 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Apr. 12, 1958) "Stand By to Catch the Lifeline, Major" (Our Boarding House, Apr. 12, 1958) -- Summary: The Major is launching a lawn project, but the wind is blowing the grass seed away. Jason figures he'd better rescue him. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawns" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Apr. 11, 1960) "Catcalls for the Bird Show" (Our Boarding House, Apr. 11, 1960) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Pike tells a joke about a doctor taking blood tests, and asks Petronius the parrot about taking a flyer at a TV career; the Major feels like a backdrop standing on the set holding the parrot. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "parrots" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Apr. 15, 1960) "Adding Some Hot Stuff from a Cold Climate" (Our Boarding House, Apr. 15, 1960) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Amos complains about his subordination to a parrot on the last show, and Pike says he's booked Sir Guy Wainwright, the Arctic explorer, for the next program. Pike is holding a record, labelled 'Prescott Pike Performs.' -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "parrots" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 25, 1960) "Furthermore, It Will Be In Color" (Our Boarding House, Oct. 25, 1960) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Uncle Amos has lost his temporary football coaching job, because Pops Slurg is back; Martha says not to tell Amos because the story he'll come back with will be better than TV. -- Call no.: PN6728 .O8F6 1934v.15 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 26, 1960) "He's a Pro, All Right, with Alibis" (Our Boarding House, Oct. 26, 1960) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Pops Slurg tells Major Hoople he's no longer needed as high school football coach, and Hoople says that by coincidence he's gotten coaching offers from three professional teams. -- Call no.: PN6728 .O8F6 1934v.15 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 27, 1960) "The Boys are Working, on Him" (Our Boarding House, Oct. 27, 1960) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Hoople explains at dinner that he resigned his coaching job because Pops Slurg's livelihood was threatened, and the boarders express disbelief. -- Call no.: PN6728 .O8F6 1934v.15 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 28, 1960) "A Perfect Day Ends Early" (Our Boarding House, Oct. 28, 1960) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Martha wakes Amos at 10:15 with a snap of the window shade, saying "No Work, No Food." -- Call no.: PN6728 .O8F6 1934v.15 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (July 27, 1961) "He's Putting Them to Sleep" (Our Boarding House, July 27, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Hoople plays his recorded readings of Shakespeare and Lincoln, and the room gets quiet. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "Shakespeare" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (July 31, 1961) "Skepticism Dies Hard" (Our Boarding House, July 31, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major gets a wire from President Oswald Humm of Low Fidelity Records expressing interest in his record; the boarders suggest they may be needing to frighten bats out of steeples, or wring confessions out of prisoners without leaving thumbprints. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 1, 1961) "Looks Like a Big Day for Everybody" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 1, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Amos is on his way to Low Fidelity Records to sign a contract selling the Hoople Dictation Discs; Twiggs has only been watching an apprentice barber shave a wrestler, so he'll come along. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 2, 1961) "Is That Good or Bad?" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 2, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: President Humm of the record company doesn't dig the Major's culture jazz, but the Hoople Diction Disc is a sleep-producer; it conked out the board of directors. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 3, 1961) "Twiggs Cools Him Off Quick" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 3, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: They tried the Major's record at the zoo, and a gorilla fell asleep peeling a banana; it's an automatic snoozer and the offer is $100; Amos thinks the idea is libelous but Twiggs shuts him up. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 4, 1961) "The Major has a Large Nest Egg Twiggs Doesn't Know About" (Our Boarding House, Aug 4, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Amos chides Twiggs for making him, of a line of Shakespearean actors, accept money for his speeches to be used as a sleep-producing record; Twiggs reminds him that Shakespeare himself wrote for money, the best kind of applause. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 5, 1961) "Run Along Boys, and Don't Disturb Genius at Work" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 5, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Now that the Hoople Diction Disc idea has been sold, the boarders expect the Indians to win the next TV western, or has the hearing aid picked up Swahili short-wave again? The Major dismisses them to concentrate on his new practical plans for desalination of sea water. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 7, 1961) "His Curve Ball Worked in the Clutch" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 7, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Twiggs wants to know how Amos explained that his record has been sold as a sleep aid; as a former Oxford debating champion he's been telling people that it's being released in England. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 8, 1961). "He's a Touch Target from Now On" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 8, 1961) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Word is around that the Major has money, and his friends ask for loans to avoid the poorhouse, high bridges, and muscling in on the squirrels' peanuts in the park. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.16 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Jan. 31, 1962) "After One Swing of the Pan They Compromised on $100" (Our Boarding House, Jan. 31, 1962) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Amos has $300 and he's going to develop a gold mine; Martha starts panning for her share right away. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "panning" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Sept. 14, 1963) "Birth of an Idea" (Our Boarding House, Sept. 14, 1963) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major is selling lawn chairs, and the customer says the last peddler sold her spot remover that ate a hole in the rug. She threatens to release her surly dog, and Amos thinks that's a fate better reserved for his brother in law. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "peddlers" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Sept. 30, 1963) "Business is Suddenly Booming" (Our Boarding House, Sept. 30, 1963) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The people who saw Amos sleeping in traffic all want to buy lawn chairs. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawn chairs" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 1, 1963) "Making the Most of a Lucky Break" (Our Boarding House, Oct. 1, 1963) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Selling all those lawn chairs is the biggest surprise since the hula hoop riots, and Amos brags about his salesmanship. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawn chairs" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 2, 1963) "He's Not Quite That Bad, Martha" (Our Boarding House, Oct. 2, 1963) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The lawn chair business is working, and Amos gives Martha $15. The last time Martha got money from Amos was when she took the blame for his sitting on her father's ukulele. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawn chairs" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 19, 1963) "They're Singing Your Song, Major" (Our Boarding House, Nov. 19, 1963) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The boarders discuss how to trick Hoople into entering a cooking contest. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "cooking contests" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Nov. 27, 1963) "She'll Chance It, Major" (Our Boarding House, Nov. 27, 1963) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Martha decides to let Amos use the kitchen but not the dining room, and Amos says she'll miss the opportunity to be in the photograph when the press comes to interview the cooking contest winner. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "cooking contests" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 7, 1963) "He Should Have Kept Quiet" (Our Boarding House, Dec. 7, 1963) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Having won the contest Amos claims some leisure, but Martha notes that his sauce is peeling her varnish and demands that he start washing his pots and pans. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "cooking contests" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 30, 1963) "The Experts Disagree" (Our Boarding House, Dec. 30, 1963) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Tapioca either grows on cobs like corn or on bushes in Java. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "tapioca" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Feb. 20, 1964) "He Just Remembered He Forgot to Mail the Hoople Christmas Cards!" (Our Boarding House, Feb. 20, 1964) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Amos left them in the coatroom up in the Owls Club. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "coatrooms" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Apr. 8, 1964) "Martha Calls a Halt" (Our Boarding House, Apr. 8, 1964) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: "Every crackpot within pogo-stick distance" is after Amos's winnings; she wants him to let it be known that it was only $100. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "pogo sticks" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Apr. 13, 1964) "Time to Face the Music" (Our Boarding House, Apr. 13, 1964) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major had been hoping to withdraw from his financial misunderstandings, and explain in an interview at the dock when he got back, but there's a reporter in the front room. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "docks" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (June 10, 1964) "It's All Up To Gregory Now" (Our Boarding House, June 10, 1964) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Amos is in the back yard with a dummy and a crate labelled "Harvard." "Can Do" is arriving, and Gregory is going to demonstrate his training. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "Harvard" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 1, 1964) "Get Me Some Pipe and a Faucet!"* (Our Boarding House, Aug. 1, 1964 / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The juice at the bottom of the silo makes the pigs go around in staggers. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.17 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 3, 1964) "Brushing Up on his Plato" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 3, 1964) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major is hiding and reading in the hayloft to avoid work, except at mealtimes. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.17 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 4, 1964) "The Horse is Being Broken for the Second Time" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 4, 1964) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The boarders make jokes about Amos being too heavy for the horse he's riding; he compares them to horseflies. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.17 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 5, 1964) "His 10 O'Clock Farm Breakfast" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 5, 1964) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Major Hoople jollies Mrs. Butler, telling her how much Charles DeGaulle would like her pancakes; last night her chicken and dumplings reminded him of his dinner with President Johnson. -- Call no.: PN6728f.O8F6 1934v.17 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Apr. 22, 1965) "For Once He'll Skip the Details" (Our Boarding House, Apr. 22, 1965) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: At the poker game, the Owls want to know how his slippers wager with the boarders came out; he won but he's been so busy with research he tends to forget about minor diversions. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "wagers" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Sept. 14, 1965) "More than Words are Weighty" (Our Boarding House, Sept. 14, 1965) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Owls Club's new tin poet produces its first poem. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "poetry" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 2, 1965) "Jake Backs Away from Courtrooms"* (Our Boarding House, Oct. 2, 1965) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major is pacing in a cloud of cigar smoke trying to figure out how to get the money Jake owes him; a boarder suggests using some habeas corpus double-talk to scare it out of him. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "smoking" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 16, 1965) "Heavy Thinker at Work" (Our Boarding House, Oct. 16, 1965) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The boarders want Jake to join their poker game, but Jake is suspicious that Amos is using them somehow to get revenge. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "poker" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Oct. 26, 1965) "He May Mention It Occasionally" (Our Boarding House, Oct. 26, 1965) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: With a lucky break, Amos has gotten the best of Jake for once, and now the boarders expect to hear about it for a long time. -- Key words: Mental judo, yakking. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "breaks" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 11, 1965) "He Remembered Martha's Orders Not to Quit" (Our Boarding House, Dec. 11, 1965) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The boss tells Hoople to get in a Santa suit, which for a Shakespearean actor of his stature is unthinkable. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "Shakespeare" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 23, 1965) "Three Hours and Still Talking" (Our Boarding House, Dec. 23, 1965) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major is bragging about catching jewel thieves, and Buster wishes for a hearing aid with no batteries. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "hearing aids" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Jan. 29, 1966) "Jake is an Authority on Sure Things" (Our Boarding House, Jan. 29, 1966) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The boarders are watching wrestling on television, and talking about how quiet it is with the Professor gone. After cleaning up at poker the Professor is headed for Las Vegas, where he's working on the odds of filling an inside straight, but they think Jake Hoople is a match for him. -- Call no.: PN6726f.B55 "odds" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (May 12, 1966) "Stiff Spaghetti is Another Specialty" (Our Boarding House, May 12, 1966) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The boarders complain about the Major's cooking, remembering his hard-boiled applesauce. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "cooking" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (May 21, 1966) "An Orgy of Litterbugging Unless I Serve Nothing but Gourmet Meals"* (Our Boarding House, May 21, 1966) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Twiggs says the roast might interest a fire extinguisher salesman; Amos is caught between Martha's orders and the boarders' threats. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "smoke" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Dec. 23, 1966) "Better Stay off the Sofas, Major" (Our Boarding House, Dec. 23, 1966) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Major Hoople is put off by the crowd of shoppers at the department store, and considers shopping in the furniture store next door instead. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "shopping" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Apr. 17, 1967) "Hot Air Draws Cold Blast" (Our Boarding House, Apr. 17, 1967) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The boarders tease the Major about maybe building a giant snorkel, or painting every other house black to cause a breeze. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "smog" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Apr. 27, 1967) "Opportunity Barking?" (Our Boarding House, Apr. 27, 1967) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: An authority on dogs asks if Templeton is being entered in the dog show. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "dog shows" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (May 6, 1967) "Sabotaged at Sunrise" (Our Boarding House, May 6, 1967) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Martha wakes Amos at 11:15 by poking him with a fishing rod, calling him a groundhog and telling him to get up and see his shadow before she says it in braille; he has missed the fishing contest. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "braille" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (June 20, 1967) "Quick Trip to the Woodshed" (Our Boarding House, June 20, 1967) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Pop Hoople has both his sons on their backs seeing stars and birdies, and Buster says it was the best instant peacemaking he's seen since the vigilantes lost their rope. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "fathers" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 25, 1967) "Better Run For It, Baxter" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 25, 1967) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Neighbor Harvey Baxter is in his yard with his push mower as Amos' father leaves on his motorcycle; Amos is about to launch a story about a special assignment for the governor. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "motorcycles ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Feb. 7, 1968) "Solving the Mystery" (Our Boarding House, Feb. 7, 1968) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: Hoople puzzles over his missing shish kawienie samples, until he remembers that Templeton was guarding them. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "guard duty" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Feb. 8, 1968) "The Annual Blood Drawing" (Our Boarding House, Feb. 8, 1968) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The boarders are playing darts and commenting on the dog they heard about that ate the samples, and the fact that Templeton doesn't look well. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "darts" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (May 16, 1968) "New Sounds in the Neighborhood" (Our Boarding House, May 16, 1968) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The Major describes the new family, the Burbles. They hear their lawnmower, which sounds like a bowling ball in a cement mixer. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (May 17, 1968) "He Pretended Not to Hear" (Our Boarding House, May 17, 1968) / Bill Freyse. -- Summary: The riding lawnmower next door actually sounds worse than Buster's car. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "lawnmowers" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (May 20, 1969) "Templeton's Big Moment" (Our Boarding House, May 20, 1969) / Branagan & McCormick. -- Summary: Templeton will perform after his supper. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "performance" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (May 21, 1969) "What's Wrong, Buster?" (Our Boarding House, May 21, 1969) / Branagan & McCormick. -- Summary: Templeton goes to lie down when the Major commands him to, and two of the boarders are impressed, but Buster objects. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "commands" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (May 23, 1969) "He'll Check with Twiggs" (Our Boarding House, May 23, 1969) Branagan & McCormick. -- Summary: The boarders are trying to decide how much to bet against Templeton's ability to do tricks, and one of them has another idea. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "betting" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Aug. 8, 1969) "Generals Never Sleep" (Our Boarding House, Aug. 8, 1969) / Branagan & McCormick. -- Summary: The Major is planning to sneak up on the boarders, a shadowed figure lurks behind him, and Templeton is asleep. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "sneaking" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (June 25, 1969) "Trying to Make Amends" (Our Boarding House, June 25, 1969) / Branagan-McCormick. -- Summary: Art Pringle has passed the hazing and been voted in by the other boarders. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "hazing" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House (Sept. 22, 1969) "He Tried Plastic Surgery, Too" (Our Boarding House, Sept. 22, 1969) / Branagan-McCormick. -- Summary: The Major meets up with Clyde Thumbscrough, the salesman who sold the development with all those flooded basements. His name is now Clyde Throckbury, because it's easier to spell. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "plastic surgery" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Articles About. "Boarding House Days and Arabian Nights : the Life and Imaginary Times of Major Hoople" / by Donald Phelps. p. 60-66 in Nemo, no. 13 (July 1985) -- Includes 4 p. of reprints from Our Boarding House, by Gene Ahern. -- Call no.: PN6725.N43no.13 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Articles About. "Boarding House Days and Arabian Nights : The Life and Imaginary Times of Major Hoople" p. 243-261 in Reading the Funnies : Essays on Comic Strips, by Donald Phelps (Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2001). -- Call no.: PN6725.P46 2001 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Articles About. "Major Hoople : A Comic Hero in the American Tradition" / by Terry J. Scullin. 34 p. in The World of Comic Art, v. 2, no. 3 (1970). -- About Our Boarding House. -- Includes a cast of characters. -- Call no.: NC1426.W6v.2.no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Articles About. "There Was a Real Hoople" / by Russ Winterbotham. 5 p. in The World of Comic Art, v. 2, no. 3 (1970). -- About Our Boarding House. -- Call no.: NC1426.W6v.2.no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. "Death of Major Hoople Cartoonist Ends Memorable 30-Year Career." -- Newspaper clipping dated March 1969 but without source given, on William 'Bill' Freyse who died March 3, 1969 at age 70. -- He drew Our Boarding House from Sept. 5, 1939 to Apr. 20, 1969. The art will be continued by James P. Branagan, and Tom McCormick will continue to write the feature. -- Call no.: PN6710.S35 1969 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Entry (v. 2, p. 662) in Dictionnaire Encyclopédique de Héros et Auteurs de BD, by Henri Filippini (Grenoble : Glénat, 1998). -- Call no.: PN6707.F5 1998 v.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Entry (p. 230-231) in 100 Years of American Newspaper Comics : an Illustrated Encyclopedia / edited by Maurice Horn. (New York : Gramercy Books, 1996). -- Call no.: PN6725.H597 1996 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Entry (p. 589-590) in The World Encyclopedia of Comics / ed. by Maurice Horn (Philadelphia : Chelsea House, 1999) -- Feature by Luciano Bottaro. -- Call no.: PN6710.W6 1999 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. "Famed Cartoonist Dies." Associated Press datelined Weston, Conn., for Woodson Cowan, saying he drew "Our Boarding House" from 1931 to 1956. Clipping is dated June 1977, and Cowan died at age 90. -- Call no.: PN6710.S35 1977 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 398-399) to Cartoon Cavalcade / ed. by Thomas Craven (Chicago : Consolidated Book Publishers, 1945). Call no.: NC1426.C7 1945 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 165, ill. 163) in Comic Art in America, by Stephen D. Becker (New York : Simon and Schuster, 1959). Call no.: NC1420.B4 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 169, 171, 173) in The Comics, by Coulton Waugh (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1991, originally published 1947). -- Call no.: PN6725.W36 1991 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 5, 144, 281) in The Encyclopedia of American Comics, ed. by Ron Goulart (New York : Facts on File, 1990). Call no.: PN6725.E64 1990 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 11, 200, 232, 247) in Encyclopédie des bandes dessinées / éd. Marjorie Alessandrini. Nouv. éd. (Paris : A. Michel, 1986) Call no.: PN6707.E5 1986 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 46, 75-76) in The Funnies, 100 Years of American Comic Strips, by Ron Goulart (Holbrook, Mass. : Adams Publishing, 1995). -- Call no.: PN6725.G62 1995 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 114, 154, 254, 284) in Historia de los Comics / J. Toutain, J. Coma (Barcelona : Toutain, 1982-1984?) -- Call no.: PN6710.H5 1982a ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 208-209) in A History of Komiks of the Philippines and Other Countries, by Cynthia Roxas & Joaquin Arevalo Jr. (Islas Filipinas Pub. Co., 1985). -- Call no.: PN6790.P47R6 1985 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 16) in The Penguin Book of Comics, by George Perry and Alan Aldridge. Rev. ed. Harmondsworth, England : Penguin Books, 1971. -- Call no.: NC1340.P4 1971 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 145) to Principes des Littératures Dessinées / Harry Morgan (Angoulême : Editions de l'An 2, 2003). -- Call no.: PN6710.M57 2003 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 69, 265, 532, ill. 532) in The World Encyclopedia of Comics, ed. by Maurice Horn (New York : Chelsea House, 1976). Call no.: PN6710.W6 1976 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. "The Major Moonlights as Grid Picker" / by Tom Peoples. 1 p. in The World of Comic Art, v. 2, no. 3 (1970). -- About Our Boarding House. -- Call no.: NC1426.W6v.2.no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Our Boarding House : index entry to Cartoonist Profiles, no. 1 (Mar. 1969), p. 53-58 -- And about Major Hoople. -- Data from R.C. Harvey. -- Call no.: NC1300.C35no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Miscellanea. Our Boarding House : index entry to Cartoonist Profiles, no. 65 (Mar. 1985), p. 66-69 -- And about Major Hoople. -- Data from R.C. Harvey. -- Call no.: NC1300.C35no.65 -----------------------------------------------------
Our Boarding House--Parodies, Imitations, Etc. |
----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Parodies, Imitations, Etc. "Alex Dragon Presents Major Hoople" p. 68-69 in Sex in Comics, v. 2 / by D.H. Gilmore (San Diego, Calif. : Greenleaf Classics, 1971) -- A Tijuana Bible reprint. I. Major Hoople. II. Our Boarding House. k. Tijuana Bibles. Call no.: PN6714.G5 1971 v.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Parodies, Imitations, Etc. "Major Hoople in Phht" p. 134-135 in Sex in Comics, v. 2 / by D.H. Gilmore (San Diego, Calif. : Greenleaf Classics, 1971) -- A Tijuana Bible reprint. I. Phht. II. Our Boarding House. k. Tijuana Bibles. Call no.: PN6714.G5 1971 v.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Parodies, Imitations, Etc. "Major Hoople in Phht" p. 33 in Tijuana Bibles, Art and Wit in America's Forbidden Funnies, 1930s-1950s / Bob Adelman (New York : Simon & Schuster, 1997). -- A Tijuana bible reprint. -- Call no.: PN6726.T49 1997 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Parodies, Imitations, Etc. "Major Hoople in The Judge" p. 74-75 in Sex in Comics, v. 1 / by D.H. Gilmore (San Diego, Calif. : Greenleaf Classics, 1971) -- A Tijuana Bible reprint. I. The Judge. k. Our Boarding House. k. Tijuana Bibles. Call no.: PN6714.G5 1971 v.1 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Parodies, Imitations, Etc. "Oliver Crappe Presents Major Hoople in What Would You Do?" p. 87-88 in Sex in Comics, v. 2 / by D.H. Gilmore (San Diego, Calif. : Greenleaf Classics, 1971) -- A Tijuana Bible reprint. I. Major Hoople in What Would You Do? II. What Would You Do? III. Our Boarding House. k. Tijuana Bibles. Call no.: PN6714.G5 1971 v.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House--Parodies, Imitations, Etc. "The Original Major Hoople" p. 32-34 in Sex in Comics, v. 4 / by D.H. Gilmore (San Diego, Calif. : Greenleaf Classics, 1971) -- A Tijuana Bible reprint, parody of Our Boarding House. -- Call no.: PN6714.G5 1971 v.4 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boarding House with Major Hoople, 1927 / Gene Ahern. -- Almonte, Ont. : Algrove Publishing, 2005. -- 286 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. -- (Classic Reprint Series) -- Call no.: PN6728 .O8A5 2005 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Boyhood Ambitions" / by H.T. Webster. p. 570 in Cartoons Magazine, v. 11, no. 4 (Apr. 1917). -- (What the Cartoonists are Doing) -- Cartoon about George W. Rehse, cartoonist of the New York World. -- Call no.: NC1300.C37v.11no.4 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boyhood Ambitions. Boys and Folks / by Webster. -- New York : George H. Doran, 1917. -- 223 leaves : ill. ; 26 cm. -- Contents: Life's darkest moment ; Mostly about folks ; The thrill that comes once in a lifetime ; Our boyhood ambitions. -- Call no.: NC1429.W3B6 1917 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Boys Journal. Index entry (p. 333) in History of the Comic Strip, v. 2 / by David Kunzle (Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 1990) Call no.: PN6710f.K85v.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Brains Trust. Entry (p. 157) in Encyclopedia of Comic Characters, by Denis Gifford (Harlow : Longman, 1987). -- Call no.: PN6707.G5 1987 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Brightest Hope." Bone : Rose / by Jeff Smith ; with illustrations by Charles Vess. -- Scholastic ed. -- New York : Graphix, 2009. -- 138 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm. -- Originally published in the comic book Rose, 2000-2002. -- Contents: Briar & Rose ; Our brightest hope ; The ice queen ; We ask, teach ; Turn back ; Balsaad ; The warning ; The cave ; Into the night ; The master calls ; The pact ; Frozen ; Midnight ; The promise. -- Summary (from SkyRiver): Princess Rose musters up courage to face the dragon that threatens the small towns in the Northern Valley, only to discover the dragon is actually the Lord of the Locusts; and meanwhile, her sister, Princess Briar, embarks on a more sinister quest. -- Fantasy genre. -- Call no.: PN6727.V43R6 2009 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Businessman's Special is Made from a Chicken that was at the Top of its Pecking Order"* (Frank & Ernest, Aug. 30, 1991) / Thaves. -- Summary: Frank describes his diner's special. -- Call no.; PN6726 f.B55 "pecking order" -----------------------------------------------------
Our Cancer YearAutobiographical comic book by Joyce Brabner and Harvey Pekar, drawn by Frank Stack |
----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year / by Joyce Brabner and Harvey Pekar ; illustrations by Frank Stack. -- New York : Four Walls Eight Windows, 1994. -- 1 v. : ill. ; 26 cm. -- Summary: Story of Pekar and Brabner's struggle with cancer, he as patient and she as spouse. -- Topic: Health. -- Genre: Autobiography. -- Call no.: RC265.6.P45B73 1994 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Cancer Year" (preview) / by Harvey Pekar & Joyce Brabner ; illustrations by Frank Stack. p. 31-36 in Crash the Quarterly Comic Book Review, no. 1 (Fall 1994) I. Pekar, Harvey. II. Brabner, Joyce. III. Stack, Frank. Call no.: PN6700.C73v.1no.1 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year. American Splendor [videorecording] / HBO Films in association with Fine Line Features presents a Good Machine production, a film by Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini ; produced by Ted Hope ; written and directed by Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman. -- New York : HBO Video, 2004. -- 1 videocassette (101 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. -- VHS. -- Originally released as a motion picture in 2003. -- Based on the comic book series "American Splendor" by Harvey Pekar and "Our Cancer Year" by Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner. -- Summary (from OCLC): Pekar is a frustrated file clerk working at the local V.A. Hospital. He is also a comic book fan who befriends the young illustrator Robert Crumb and is soon inspired to create comic books based on his own life. Along his bumpy journey he meets, marries and falls in love with Joyce, an admiring comic book seller. -- Call no.: PN1997.A3434 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Articles About. Our Cancer Year / Frederick A. Wright. p. 592-595 in Critical Survey of Graphic Novels : Independents and Underground Classics (Ipswich, MA : Salem Press, 2012). -- Article about the Harvey Pekar, Joyce Brabner and Frank Stack work. -- Includes bibliography and illustration. -- Call no.: PN6707.C7 I5 2012 v.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 236, 237) in The Art of the Comic Book / by R.C. Harvey (Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 1996) Call no.: PN6725.H37 1996 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 141) in Comic Book Rebels / ed. by S. Wiater and S.R. Bissette. New York : D.I. Fine, 1993. Call no.: PN6725.C69 1993 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 211) in Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels, by Roger Sabin (London : Phaidon, 1996). Call no.: PN6710.S24 1996 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Miscellanea. Index entry (p. 170) in Comics, vom Massenblatt ins multimediale Abenteuer, by Andreas C. Knigge (Reinbeck bei Hamburg : Rowohlt, 1996). -- Call no.: PN6710.K53 1996 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Miscellanea. "On the Boards" p. 6 in The Comics Journal, no. 168 (May 1994) -- Preview of Our Cancer Year. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.168 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Reviews. "Amazing Montage: Comics reviews by Joe Zabel" p. 27-46, 57-60 in Subliminal Tattoos, no. 2 (1994) -- Reviews and exerpts of: Way Out Strips, no. 1 ; Love and Rockets, no. 43-44; Nina's Adventures ; Twisted Sisters, no. 1 ; The Acme Novelty Library, no. 1 ; Boom Boom, no. 1 ; Peepshow, no. 6 ; Hate, no. 15 ; Palestine, no. 6 ; Dirty Plotte, no. 8 ; An Accidental Death ; Strangers in Paradise ; Rogan Gosh ; Paper Tales, no. 2 ; Colin Upton's Big Black Thing ; Aeon Focus: Colin Upton ; Places that are Gone, no. 1 ; Our Cancer Year ; American Splendor Presents, no. 1 ; Diva Graphics and Stories, no. 1 ; Starhead Monthly Mini-Comix ; The Mutant Book of the Dead, no. 1 ; Naughty Bits, no. 12. -- Call no.: PN6700.S8no.2 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Reviews. "Amazing Montage: Comics reviews by Joe Zabel" p. 23-37 in Subliminal Tattoos, no. 3 (1994) -- Reviews and excerpts of: Auster's City of Glass -- The Book on the Edge of Forever -- Underwater, no. 1 -- Concrete, Killer Smile -- Our Cancer Year -- Collier's, no. 3 -- Meat Cake, no. 2 -- White Like She -- Now, Endsville -- Eightball, no. 13 -- Palookaville, no. 5 -- Idiotland, no. 6 -- Views from a Tortured Libido -- Steve Willis' minis -- Snake Eyes, no. 3 -- Grit Bath, no. 3 -- The Island of Dr. Moral -- Wolff & Byrd, Counselors of the Macabre, no. 2 -- Atomic City Tales, no. 1 -- Substance Quarterly, no. 3. -- Call no.: PN6700.S8no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Reviews. "The Comics Journal Hit List" p. 126-127 in The Comics Journal, no. 177 (May 1995) -- Short reviews of: Our Cancer Year ; A Treasury of Victorian Murder: Jack the Ripper ; Act Like Nothing's Wrong ; Steven #7 ; Cowboy Henk, King of Dental Floss. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.177 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Reviews. "Crawling Eye" comics reviews by R. DuPree. p. 53-55 in Subliminal Tattoos, no. 3 (1994) -- Reviews and excerpts of: Tale of One Bad Rat -- One Eye Open, One Eye Closed -- The XXXenophile Big Book O' Fun -- Killer Ape (and Other City Stories) -- Blanche Goes to Hollywood -- A Step Out of the Nest -- Our Cancer Year. -- Call no.: PN6700.S8no.3 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Reviews. "I Can't Get No, No, No, No : Our Cancer Year" / a review by Adele and Bob Levin. p. 37-41 in The Comics Journal, no. 177 (May 1995) -- (Special Feature) 1. Our Cancer Year--Reviews. 2. Pekar, Harvey. 3. Brabner, Joyce. I. Levin, Adele. II. Levin, Bob. Call no.: PN6700.C62no.177 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Cancer Year--Reviews. "Our Cancer Year, by Joyce Brabner and Harvey Pekar, illustrations by Frank Stack" / reviewed by Charles Hatfield. p. 40-42 in Inks, v. 2, no. 2 (May 1995) I. Hatfield, Charles. Call no.: PN6700.I45v.2, no.2 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Cancer Year Delayed" p. 36 in The Comics Journal, no. 172 (Nov. 1994). -- (Newswatch) -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.172 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Candidate Barfed a Hairball on Connie Chung"* (Bloom County, Nov. 21, 1988) / by Berke Breathed. -- Summary: Opus and Milo reexamine their failed Bill 4 President campaign. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "hairballs" ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Cartoon Correspondent : Joe Sacco" / by Rich Kreiner. p. 31-42 in The Comics Journal, no. 204 (May 1998). -- (Scattershots) -- Overall review of Sacco's work since 1988. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.204 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Christmas!" Amor y Cohetes : a Love and Rockets book / Los Bros Hernandez. -- Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books, 2008. -- 283 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. -- Contents: Sixto the dinosaur ; Love and rockets ; BEM ; Barrio Huerta ; Music for monsters I ; Radio zero ; Music for monsters II ; Somewhere in California ; Music for monsters III ; Untitled ; Twitch city ; Somewhere in California ; Rocky in : out o' space ; Locker room ; A fan letter ; Retro Rocky ; Le contretemps ; The adventures of Rocky ; Tears from heaven ; Rocky in: where are we? ; Big Danny Chesterfield ; Rocky's birthday surprise ; A true story ; Bala ; The goat ; Frida ; Rocky in: rocket Rhodes ; Beep beep ; Mojado power ; A folk tale ; El show de choca ; Hernandez satyricon ; War paint ; Somewhere in the tropics ; Marilyn Monroe ; The KKK comes to Hoppers ; Death, god and the devil are one ; Our Christmas!! ; Life and rockets ; Easter hunt ; My love book ; Is it ten years already? -- Alternative genre. -- Call no.: PN6727.H4A6 2008 ----------------------------------------------------- Our City : Home and Community Life / text by Elisabeth Webster ; illustrations by Kreigh Collins. -- Grand Rapids, Mich. : Informative Classroom Picture Publishers, 1939. -- 22 p. : ill. ; 30 cm. + 14 loose plates -- (Informative Classroom Picture Series) -- MSU set has plates 1-2, 6, 10-20. -- Call no.: HT152.W43 1939 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Class Voted Calvin the Most Likely to be Seen on the News Some Day"* (Calvin & Hobbes, July 16, 1990) / Watterson. -- Summary: Calvin explains to Susy that he's hiding from his bicycle, and planning to cut all its spokes. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "bicycles" ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Commencement Speaker, Ms. Cynthia Summers"* (Crankshaft, May 27, 2006) / Tom Batiuk & Chuck Ayers. -- Summary: She starts off with the idea of getting advice on life from a TV news anchor, which she seems to expect them to find incongruous. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "commencement speakers" ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Company was Planning a Hostile Takeover"* (Francie, Mar. 5, 1991) / by Sherrie Shepherd. -- Summary: People around a conference table are trying to strangle each other. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "strangling" ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Computer Broke Down"* (Peanuts, Nov. 17, 1977) / by Charles M. Schulz. -- Summary: Charlie Brown tells Snoopy that supper isn't ready, they've been having a few problems. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "dog food" ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Cost Overruns are About to Catch Up with our Funding Overestimates!"* (Frank and Ernest, Apr. 12, 1986) / Thaves. -- A meeting of alarmed generals at the Pentagon. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "Pentagon" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Country's Flag. -- Indianapolis, IN : American Legion National Headquarters, National Emblem Sales, 1988. -- 16 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm. -- Title from cover. -- Created and produced by Custom Comic Services. -- Finished artwork by Mike Roy. 1. Flags--United States--Comic books, strips, etc. I. Roy, Mike. II. American Legion. III. Custom Comic Services. Call no.: PN6728.25.A53O8 1988 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Cover Artist" p. 6 (Comics Journal #89 May 1984) (Editorial) -- Data from Pete Coogan. 1. Eisner, Will. I. Groth, Gary. Call no.: PN6700.C62no.89 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Cover Girls" p. 108-111 in The Comics Journal, no. 237 (Sept. 2001). -- Biobibliographical paragraphs on: Anne Timmons, Leslie Sternbergh, Linda Medley, Marie Severin, Roberta Gregory, Diane Noomin, Penny Van Horn, Alison Bechdel, Gabriella Gamboa, Molly Kiely, Julie Doucet, Marian Henley, Dame Darcy, Donna Barr, Phoebe Gloeckner, Ariel Bordeaux, Jill Thompson, Megan Kelso, M.K. Brown, Ellen Forney, Mary Fleener, Aline Kominsky-Crumb, Carol Lay, Sarah Dyer, Jessica Abel, Laura Molina, Gabriella Bell, Catherine Doherty, Barb Rausch, Sabrina Jones, Fiona Smyth, Debbie Drechsler, Christine Shields, Jennifer Feinberg, Mari Schaal, Cathy Hill, Mary Wilshire, Joyce Chin, Fly, Krystine Kryttre, Robyn Chapman, Renée French, Jen Sorensen, Miran Kim, Isabella Bannerman, Jennifer Daydreamer, Carol Tyler, Trina Robbins, Kalah Allen, Eileen Arnow-Levine, Joyce Farmer, Diane DiMassa, Fawn Gehweiler, Lorna Miller, Lee Marrs, Amanda Padilla, Carla Speed McNeil, Ariel Schrag, Leela Corman, and Lea Hernandez. -- Each has a self-portrait on the front or back cover of the magazine. -- Call no.: PN6700.C62no.237 ----------------------------------------------------- Our Crowd. Index entry (p. 18) in The Will Eisner Companion, by N.C. Christopher Couch & Stephen Weiner (New York : DC Comics, 2004). -- Call no.: PN6727.E35 Z5C6 2004 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Dear Touga." Utena Marshmello Super! / by Lime Barb. -- Umbrella Studios? ca. 2000. -- 74 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. -- Fan comic (doujinshi) in the style of Japanese shounen ai (male/male homosexual love) stories. -- Contents: Our dear Touga ; Love like that ; The phantom duelist. -- Call no.: PN6727.L49U75 2000 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Dog Marbles is Like a Member of the Family"* (The Evermores, Apr. 29, 1985) / by Johnny Sajem. -- Summary: The dog is biting the boss. -- Call no.: oversize PN6726.K52A2 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Dream House" 7 p. in Young Romance, no. 203 (Jan./Feb. 1975). -- Call no.: PN6728.1.P7Y62no.203 ----------------------------------------------------- "Our Dreams are Still Just Dreams"* (9 Chickweed Lane, June 12, 1999) / Brooke McEldowney. -- Call no.: PN6726 f.B55 "dreams" ----------------------------------------------------- Our Dumb Blonde. Index entry (p. 587) in Historia de los Comics / J. Toutain, J. Coma (Barcelona : Toutain, 1982-1984?) -- Call no.: PN6710.H5 1982a ----------------------------------------------------- Our Dumb Blonde. Index entry (p. 248) in The World Encyclopedia of Comics, ed. by Maurice Horn (New York : Chelsea House, 1976). Call no.: PN6710.W6 1976 -----------------------------------------------------On down the list